Time for another bookish question from Deb at Booking Through Thursday :
What’s more important: Good writing? Or a good story?
(Of course, a book should have BOTH, but…)
Yes, too right a book should have BOTH! As all regular readers of this blog know, I’m not a fan of choices like this… It’s almost like having to choose between flour or fluid when baking!
I think I’d have to say good writing, though. Good writing can lift a feeble story; and a good story can be ruined by bad writing.
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PS. Here’s a link to my recent review of a book that had BOTH:
Kate Morton – The Forgotten Garden
11 comments:
Bad language can certainly ruin a good story, but even great language cannot salvage a bad story. For me anyway :-)
both, i have to have both.
I totally agree with mostraum! :)
You really need both.
http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday_26.html
Yes they always do ask the difficult questions, everything is not so black and white there are gray areas in between, that's where i like my books with a little bit of both.
Here's my BTT.
Happy Reading!
Cathy @Addicted to Books
Good writing is essential, otherwise I won't make it through the book no matter how exciting the story.
Well, I think I'm going to agree with you completely. Even with a bad story, if the writing sparkles, there can be very poetic passages, and beauty in some of the words.
Yes! I think there are probably lots of books from which I would say I sort of remember the style of writing rather than the story/plot.
Hard choices this week, but yes, I also end up choosing good writing.
P.S. You got lovely colorful teapots. I like them very much.
I compared it to losing an arm or a leg.
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You're right. Of course a lacklustre plot is always a let-down but repulsive language and sloppy writing I just cannot take.
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